(11th) ATENEO VIDEO OPEN 2010 RULES and MECHANICS

Rules and Regulations

1. The Ateneo Video Open (AVO) is open to all college-level students. 
2. College graduates may apply for the competition if their videos were made:
   (a) within the past year [February 2009 onwards] and
   (b) while in college.
3. The director of an entry must be an official undergraduate of a college/university during the time of the production. For the short narrative category, the scriptwriter must also be an official undergraduate of a college/university during the time of the production.
4. An entrant may join one or more categories and may submit as many entries for each category.
5. The AVO Organizing Committee shall not be liable for any controversy regarding the sharing of awards among the members of the group.  
6. Entries selected for the finals cannot be withdrawn from the competition 
7. Loyola Film Circle (LFC) will retain ownership of all copies of submitted. It is the entrants’ responsibility to keep the original copy of the work. These entries will also be LFC property once submitted.  
8. LFC will also have the right to exhibit the entry in subsequent AVO and LFC related events.
9. Any entry not following the rules, regulations and mechanics are disqualified.

Mechanics

1. Registration and submission will be from SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 (WEDNESDAY) to JANUARY 15, 2010 (FRIDAY), 9am-5pm. 
2. Registration forms may be obtained from the following:
   Ateneo de Manila University:
   - Loyola Film Circle bulletin board (1st floor Gonzaga, in front of the cafeteria)
   - Loyola Film Circle Room (3/F Rm 308 Manny V. Pangilinan Center for Student Leadership, ADMU)
   Outside Ateneo de Manila University:
   -    Check with your Department of Communications and/or film/media organization/s for AVO liaisons
3. Registration forms can also be downloaded here. (will be available before September 2)
4.  During submission, an application fee of P100.00 will be collected along with the ff:
   (a)    accomplished application form
   (b)    list of participants and
   (c)    three copies of the entry.
   All of the requirements should be placed inside a short brown envelope.
   One registration form per entry. P100 for every entry. Further requirements will be asked of the finalists.  
5. Categories:
   a.    Experimental – no more than 15 min in length
   b.    Music Video – For any original song by a local artist/band (with proper permission) of no more than 7 minutes
   c.    Documentary – Of any subject, no more than 25 min. in length
   d.    Short Narrative – Of any subject or theme (adaptations with proper permission is also accepted),  no more than 20 min. in length
6. Cash prizes are: (a) Best Experimental - 5000 pesos, (b) Best Music Video - 5000 pesos, (c) Best Documentary - 8000 pesos, and (d) Best Narrative - 10000 pesos. 
7. Three copies of the entry must be submitted in .avi data file on DVD format or directly to DVD. 
8. Depending on the number of entries per category, a pre-screening will be held by the Loyola Film Circle officers to minimize the entries for the panel of judges. In this case, LFC will release a list of qualified entries the week before nominees are to be publicly screened.
9. There shall be a list of finalists released for each category. There will be one winner per category together with other sub-category awards. 
10. The decision of the Board of Judges is final. The board reserves the right not to give any awards in any category should no entry merit it. 
11. The production company must assign a single representative to act on their behalf. All official communications shall be addressed to the representative 
12. For inquiries, contact the AVO Team at ateneovideoopen11@yahoo.com and at ateneovideoopen11@gmail.com, Idge Mendiola (0916-228-45-67), or Jio Igual (0917-327-70-55), or simply leave a message at the official 11th AVO website (http://ateneovideoopen11.multiply.com).

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